RD Controls Software Release No. 50.0

What's New

Mass11 version 8.0 is about to appear on the WARNER nodes which are
licensed for Mass11. The user will find that the menus look a good
bit different, but so far we've found no problems with it.

However, the user setup files which some of you are using will be
required to change at this time. Most of the content of these setup files is
common to all users, so we've moved it into a system-wide
setup file which all users will call. This file ( WP$DIR:M11SYSINI)
will call your personal setup file, where you can set the default
directory (``go to the directory where your Mass11 files are'')
or do other user specific customization. If you don't want a
personal setup file that's fine too.

What You Should Do

If you have nothing in your LOGIN.COM file pertaining to Mass11, then
you can ignore the rest of this. The system has setup Mass11 for
you and it will work in the same fashion as it always has.

If you redefine MASS11 in your login file then the following applies
to you. If you don't know, ask me for help and we'll decide
whether or not you have to change things.
If you redefine MASS11, then
the following changes must be made to your personalized Mass11 setup.

The system will define the MASS11 symbol correctly for you. If you keep
two Mass11 directories, you probably also have a symbol for SMASS11.
Change it to look like one of the following:

$ SMASS11 :== 'MASS11' SECURE

$ SMASS*11 :== 'MASS11' SECURE

$ SMASS11 == `` '
'MASS11' SECURE ''

$ SMASS*11 == `` '
'MASS11' SECURE ''

Next, add a new line to LOGIN.COM.
Decide where your mass11 setup file lives. Many people have a logical
like USR$UTILS:. Some people just put the setup file in a
subdirectory and refer to it as [username.something]. Whichever form
you use, substitute that for the word WHERE in the following. Don't
forget to include the square brackets or the colon, depending on the
form you use. Add a new line:

$ USER_M11_USRINI :== WHERE:M11USRINI

or

$ USER_M11_USRINI :== [ WHERE]M11USRINI

Next, copy the new version of the user initialization file to your
WHERE area. Decide whether you have been using Mass11
with two Mass11 directories (``public'' and ``secure'')
or only one. Then copy the proper template file into your WHERE
area as M11USRINI.COM:

$ SET DEF WHERE

$ COPY
WP$DIR:M11USRINI_TEMPLATE.COM M11USRINI.COM

or

$ COPY
WP$DIR:M11USRINI_DUALMASS11_TEMPLATE.COM M11USRINI.COM

If you have two Mass11 directories then you
want the version with DUALMASS11 in the name, and you probably
don't need to change the file at all. If you previously copied your
M11USRINI file from Al Thomas, then this is the one you want,
and you don't need to change it unless your LOGIN.COM
doesn't define MASS11_PRIVATE or
MASS11_PUBLIC (in which case you had an older version).

If you don't have ``secure'' and ``public''
Mass11 areas, then you want the template file without ``dual''
in the name, and you may need to edit it. Change it where it says
``Edit the following line'', if you need to change it.

Now you have the current version of file M11USRINI.COM. If you have
a file called M11.COM in your ``WHERE'' area, delete it. You no
longer need it.

Help

Anyone who needs help is welcome to contact me during the month
of June (1989). If you wait longer I'll help, but I won't be quite as friendly.
If you come during the approved time period, I'll be glad to fix your
files up for you.

Oops

If you ran the new version of Mass11 after you started
making these setup file changes, but before they worked right, you may have
``left over'' files laying around. Look around for files
DEFAULTS.DAT and M11MACRO.DAT in directories other than where your
Mass11 files are supposed to live. The old Mass11 used to ask you
about it, if it couldn't find DEFAULTS.DAT. The new version just
creates a new DEFAULTS.DAT and M11MACRO.DAT in your
current directory.
So if you ran Mass11 8.0 and your
procedures didn't put you in the right place (because something
wasn't working right yet) you may have these ``left over'' files.
You can delete them.

By The Way

This is not new, but was never really publicized. You can always change
the printer destination for Mass11 by running the QDIRECTOR program.
You do this by typing QDIR or QDIRECTOR if you
are at the $ prompt,
or from inside Mass11 by typing:

ctrl-R

QDIR

choice of printer

LO

This information is also available in HELP by typing
HELP @FERMIHELP QDIRECTOR.
The QDIRECTOR program remembers which printer
you want by a file it calls TALx.QDIR.
See writeup RD Controls Software
Release 49 ``USER_LANDFILL_SITE'' for a new means of moving this file
out of your SYS$LOGIN directory.